Group prize

Terms of reference
The prize is awarded for excellence in postgraduate research and communication skills in gravitational physics.

Eligibility
All members of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group who passed their viva voce exam during the period 30 September 2010 and 31 December 2012.

Prize amount: £500
Furthermore, the winner will be invited to submit a paper to Classical and Quantum Gravity based on the winning thesis which, if accepted, will be made a 'select article' in CQG. They will also be given the opportunity to present their work at one of the UK 'BritGrav' meetings.

Previous recipients

• 2012
  Dr Cesar Simon Lopez-Monsalvo (University of Southampton)
  Covariant thermodynamics and relativity
• 2011
  Dr John Miller (University of Glasgow)
  On non-Gaussian beams and optomechanical parametric instabilities in interferometric gravitational wave detectors
• 2010
  Dr Barry Wardell (University College Dublin)
  Green functions and radiation reaction from a spacetime perspective
• 2009
  Dr Emanuele Rocco (Birmingham)
  Development of a test of Newton's Law of Gravitation at micrometre distances using a Superconducting Spherical Torsion Balance
• 2008
  Dr Julian Sonner (Cambridge)
  Aspects of Classical and Quantum Brane Dynamics